Each year, on a rotating basis, UB, University of Rochester & SUNY Upstate (Syracuse) host an MD/PhD Conference. The conference will be held on May 3rd in Rochester. This year, invitation will be extended to undergraduates and high school students for a concurrent conference entitled: Transforming Tomorrow’s Thinkers (T3): Promoting the Path of Medical Research. The goal of T3 is to promote awareness about MD/PhD training among undergraduate and high school students.
For more information please open the following: Flier and Invitation
The University Honors College and The Graduate School are sponsoring a Graduate School Funding Presentation on Thursday, March 20th in 120 Clemens Hall Lobby.4:00-5:00 pm. The session will provide participants with an overview of the National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship Program and National Institutes of Health Fellowship Programs. Current UB graduate students and faculty will share their perspectives on the application process and benefits of fellowships. Please note NSF & NIH fellowships are open only to individuals who, at the time of application, are citizens, nationals or permanent resident aliens of the United States. You are invited to attend:
Graduate School Funding Presentation -
National Science Foundation (NSF) & National Institutes of Health (NIH)
www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/ http://grants.nih.gov/training/extramural.htm
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Presentation: 4:00PM in 120 Clemens Hall
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Prehealth Advising – Early Assurance & BS/DDS
Effective February 21, both Dalene Aylward and Libby Morsheimer in the Office of Prehealth Advising Services will be advising students intended toward Early Assurance programs (medical and dental) or to obtain information pertaining to the Combined BS/DDS Program. Please recall that BS/DDS students are prominently accepted directly from high school.
As always, go to Prehealth website for information regarding setting appointments. You can go to http://www.prehealth.buffalo.edu/advisement/appointments.php. The number to call for appointments is 716-645-6013 or stop by 109 Norton Hall.
Posted by Nigel Marriner on February 12, 2008 in Academic Presentations
Dr, Rita R. Colwell, Distinguished Invitrogen Speaker and President Emerita of the Center of Marine Biotechnology at the University of Maryland will be presenting “Marine Biotechnology: Successes and Potential” on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. in NSC 215. This event is hosted by Dr. Chris Loretz, UB Biology Professor.
For more information go to http://biologicalsciences.buffalo.edu/news/deptsem.html and scroll down to Dr. Colwell’s name.
When: Friday, Feb 15th at 1:00pm (meet at the Academies office in 17 Norton, transportation will be provided to Praxair)
Description: Praxair is a worldwide leader in engineering and research. The trip to the facility in Tonawanda, NY is a showcase of Praxair’s National Logistics Center. The Tonawanda location is not only a site of engineering and systems innovation, but is also a corporate headquarters. The tour will include a brief presentation on Praxair’s R&D work, a tour of their labs to see test equipment, and time for Q&A. The tour will also discuss internship possibilities and the value of these opportunities.
Space for this event is limited and Transportation is available. To reserve a spot contact Chris Piotrowski at 645-8176, or email at cmp26@buffalo.edu
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Fellow Honor Student Jenna Meyer will be presenting her thesis November 27th at a poetry reading!
Jenna’s thesis consists of a collection of her recent poetic endeveaures as well as visual art. She will be reading for a half hour at UB’s Poetry and Rare Book collection in 420 Capen, at 2:30 pm, November 27th.
Her poetry, like her visual art, contains a collage of influences. She borrows inspiration from Dada, Surrealist, and Spoken word. Her poetry conveys confessional lines with a fervered passion. Her topics range for serious issues, such as the daily dangerous facing women, to the humorous rant about the waiting time at an airport.
The Poetry Collection is on the fourth floor in Capen, and can be reached by the elevators INSIDE of Capen.
Copies of her thesis will be available for the reading.
So, You Want to Be a Doctor, Dentist, Vet, Chiropractor, Optometrist or Podiatrist?
Offered multiple and dates at multiple times. Please go to http://www.prehealth.buffalo.edu/workshops/index.php#wanttobe
A Life and Learning Workshop - sign up online. If you are JUST BEGINNING to explore these health professions, come to this workshop to learn what you can be doing NOW to prepare! Learn how you can improve your chances for admission to these professional health schools by knowing the prerequisite courses, information about clinical experiences, recommendation letters and admissions’ tests. Time will be reserved for questions.
Upcoming dates:
TODAY Thurs., Sept 27 2:00 - 2:50 p.m. Room 145A Student Union
Tues., October 9 1:00 - 1:50 p.m. Room 145A Student Union
Wed., October 17 2:00 - 2:50 p.m. Room 145A Student Union
ASIA AT NOON, Friday, September 7 12:00-1:00 pm. Park 280.
Elaine Howard Ecklund, Assistant Professor of Sociology.
“Korean American Evangelicals: New Models for Civic Life”
Scholars stress that religion was vital for the civic integration of earlier European immigrants.
However, studies of our nation’s newest immigrants largely focus only on how religion serves the immigrant community — for example, by creating job networks. Ecklund’s new book widens the inquiry to look at how Korean Americans use religion to negotiate civic responsibility, as well as to create racial and ethnic identity. The civic life of second-generation Korean Americans is increasingly significant, as they are a growing part of the politically influential American evangelical movement.
Coffee, tea, and other refreshments provided. You are welcome to bring your lunch.
Sept. 21, Friday, 12:00-1:00 pm. Asia at Noon. Michael Lazich, Associate Professor of History,
Buffalo State. “American Missionaries and the Opium Trade in Nineteenth Century China.” Park 280.
Sept 25, Tuesday, 7:00 pm. Screening and discussion of Kenji Mizoguchi’s Sansho the Bailiff.
Market Arcade Film & Arts Center.
Oct. 1. Deadline for advance registration for NYCAS 2007 at Binghamton University, October 26-27.
The theme of the conference is “Decentering Asia.”
Oct. 5, Friday, 12:00-1:00 pm. Asia at Noon. Jennifer Gaynor, Assistant Professor of History.
“Narrative Transformation and Sama Social Memory.” 1004 Clemens Hall
Oct. 9, Tuesday, 7:00 pm. Screening and discussion of Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru. Market Arcade Film & Arts Center.
Oct. 19, Friday 12:00-1:00 pm. Asia at Noon. Craig Preston, Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian Studies. “The Nirvana Track: Becoming a Top Scholar in Tibet.” Park 280.
Dr. Robert Daly, Distinguished Teaching Professor and professor of English will be hosting a Thesis Writing workshop on Friday, October 12th, at 3:00p.m. in 212 Talbert Hall. All Honors students are welcome. It is useful for students in all phases of the writing process (even those of you who haven’t begun!) Please e-mail Karyn St. George at kcs9@buffalo.edu if you plan on attending.
The exhibit, “Thoroughly Modern Meiko,” can be viewed through April 30 in the Special Collection room, 420 Capen Hall, M-F 9:00-5:00 p.m. Take the elevator up from the Undergraduate Library. The exhibit chronicles the life of Muriel Orr-Ewing (nicknamed “Meiko”), the mother of Professor Emeritus of Linguistics Dr. Peter Boyd-Bowman, who lived in Japan in the 1920s.
There will be two sessions of Asia at Noon in April:
April 6. Robert G. Kane, Niagara University: “The Twenty-One Demands
(1915) as Politics and History.”
April 20. A panel of UB Sinologist faculty. “Chinese Identity: Is There a Unique Chinese Way of Thinking and Acting?”
